George Bernard Young (September 22, 1930 – December 8, 2001) was an American football player, coach, and executive. He served as the general manager of the New York Giants from 1979 to 1997. He was named NFL Executive of the Year five times.

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Young was born on September 22, 1930 in Baltimore, Maryland. Young grew up in Baltimore's 10th Ward (east Baltimore) in a tough Irish-Catholic neighborhood, living over a bakery that was run by his mother's side of the family, just across the street from his father's bar.[1] He was an outstanding football player at Calvert Hall College, a Catholic high school then located in Baltimore, Maryland. He attended Bucknell University where he was a starting defensive tackle for three seasons, team captain in 1951, and a member of the Phi Lambda Theta Fraternity, which today is the Chi Phi Fraternity. He was named to the Little All-America first team and All-East first team in his senior year. Selected to play in the Blue-Gray game, he was selected by the Dallas Texans in the 1952 NFL Draft.

Young then began a coaching career in the Baltimore area school system, briefly at Calvert Hall and then he took over the Baltimore City College football team.[1] During a 15-year span, his teams won six Maryland Scholastic Association championships. Tom Gatewood, tight end,[2] and John Sykes, running back,[3] were two of Coach Young's City athletes who would make it to the NFL, Kurt Schmoke,[1] quarterback, and Curt Anderson, linebacker, established themselves in the political realm. Young was especially proud of his years as an educator, during which he taught history and political science. During that time he also earned two master's degrees from Johns Hopkins University and Loyola College. In May 1987, he was awarded an honorary doctorate in humane letters from Western Maryland College.

Prior to joining the Giants, Young was on the staffs of the Baltimore Colts (1968–1974), holding positions of scout, offensive line coach, director of player personnel, and offensive coordinator, and the Miami Dolphins (1975–1978), serving as director of personnel and pro scouting.

The Giants had not made a postseason appearance in 15 years when Young was hired by the club in 1979. Wellington Mara had handled most of the franchise's football decisions since joining the organization in 1937—long before inheriting the team from his father, team founder Tim Mara, in 1958. He'd been persuaded to give up control of some day-to-day decisions to operations director Andy Robustelli in 1974, but still had the final say in on-field matters.

The fallout over the Miracle at the Meadowlands in 1978, in which a certain Giant win turned into a loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on a last-second fumble, finally convinced Mara of the need to modernize. He asked Commissioner Pete Rozelle to recommend a new football operations chief. Rozelle recommended Young, who would only take the job if he were granted full control over the football side of the operation. Mara agreed.

In building the Giants he placed special emphasis on the NFL Draft. From his inaugural draft in 1979 through the 1995 selection process, he succeeded in signing every player drafted over that span, and from those drafts, a total of 119 players made the club at one time or another. Instrumental in his reversal of the Giants’ fortunes was his drafting of standout players such as Phil Simms, Lawrence Taylor, Joe Morris, and Carl Banks, and selecting Bill Parcells as the club’s head coach.

During Young's tenure, the Giants earned eight playoff berths, highlighted by victories in Super Bowls XXI and XXV, and compiled an overall record of 155-139-2. He was named NFL Executive of the Year a record five times: in 1984, 1986, 1990, 1993, and 1997. Young also served as chairman of the NFL's Competition Committee.

Despite Young's success and Giants Head of Player Personnel Tom Boisture during the 1980s, that success would not continue into the 1990s. One of his first mistakes was his choice of a new head coach for the Giants after the May 1991 resignation of Bill Parcells. Young's selection of Ray Handley was not met with success as Handley won a total of 14 games in his two-year stint. Young—an opponent of free agency—seemed to lose his touch following the introduction of the free agency cycle following the 1992 regular season. He struggled to adapt to the system, along with the introduction of a salary cap in 1994. He as a result, signed several players to overvalued contracts while losing much of the Giants core talent to other franchises following free agency's inception.

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Baltimore
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Baltimore is the largest city in the U. S. state of Maryland, and the 29th-most populous city in the country. It was established by the Constitution of Maryland and is not part of any county, thus, it is the largest independent city in the United States, with a population of 621,849 as of 2015. As of 2010, the population of the Baltimore Metropolitan Area was 2.7 million, founded in 1729, Baltimore is the second largest seaport in the Mid-Atlantic. Baltimores Inner Harbor was once the leading port of entry for immigrants to the United States. With hundreds of identified districts, Baltimore has been dubbed a city of neighborhoods, in the War of 1812, Francis Scott Key wrote The Star-Spangled Banner, later the American national anthem, in Baltimore. More than 65,000 properties, or roughly one in three buildings in the city, are listed on the National Register, more than any city in the nation. The city has 289 properties listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the historical records of the government of Baltimore are located at the Baltimore City Archives. The city is named after Cecil Calvert, second Lord Baltimore, of the Irish House of Lords, Baltimore Manor was the name of the estate in County Longford on which the Calvert family lived in Ireland. Baltimore is an anglicization of the Irish name Baile an Tí Mhóir, in 1608, Captain John Smith traveled 210 miles from Jamestown to the uppermost Chesapeake Bay, leading the first European expedition to the Patapsco River. The name Patapsco is derived from pota-psk-ut, which translates to backwater or tide covered with froth in Algonquian dialect, a quarter century after John Smiths voyage, English colonists began to settle in Maryland. The area constituting the modern City of Baltimore and its area was first settled by David Jones in 1661. He claimed the area today as Harbor East on the east bank of the Jones Falls stream. In the early 1600s, the immediate Baltimore vicinity was populated, if at all. The Baltimore area had been inhabited by Native Americans since at least the 10th millennium BC, one Paleo-Indian site and several Archaic period and Woodland period archaeological sites have been identified in Baltimore, including four from the Late Woodland period. During the Late Woodland period, the culture that is called the Potomac Creek complex resided in the area from Baltimore to the Rappahannock River in Virginia. It was located on the Bush River on land that in 1773 became part of Harford County, in 1674, the General Assembly passed An Act for erecting a Court-house and Prison in each County within this Province. The site of the house and jail for Baltimore County was evidently Old Baltimore near the Bush River. In 1683, the General Assembly passed An Act for Advancement of Trade to establish towns, ports, one of the towns established by the act in Baltimore County was on Bush River, on Town Land, near the Court-House

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Calvert Hall College High School
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Calvert Hall College High School is a Catholic college preparatory high school for boys, located in Towson, Maryland, United States. The schools mission is to make its students men of intellect, men of faith and it is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore, the first Catholic diocese of the United States. The third oldest, St. Johns College High School in Washington, among its academic offerings is the McMullen Scholars Program, a four-year advanced level curriculum requiring extra coursework in Latin, Humanities, and a senior independent project. Additionally, a program for assisting students with learning differences exists, to adapt to the changing world, Calvert Hall moved again in September 1960, under the direction of Brother Gabriel Cannon, FSC, to its current Towson location. The free periods provide flexibility and allow students to develop effective time management skills, in addition, Calvert Hall uses a team teaching philosophy and a lecture-seminar format to mimic a university lecture system. Lectures are held in lecture halls that are equipped with multimedia presentation capabilities while seminars take place in classrooms centered on student learning, freshmen must take a year of Computer Applications while Sophomores are required to take a Fine Art. Electives, which include Introduction to Engineering, Forensic Science, a total of four elective units are a graduation requirement. The school offers courses in most subjects and over twenty Advanced Placement classes. Scholars are required to complete an independent project their senior year as well as participate in activities within the program that demonstrate an appreciation for the Arts. Students who maintain a certain GPA and have involved in service to the school for two years are invited to apply to the schools chapter of the National Honor Society. Before M&T Bank Stadium was opened, the game was played at the old Memorial Stadium, CHC participates in the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association A conference in all its sports, along with the Baltimore Catholic League for basketball. Calvert Halls strong team sports program includes baseball, Cross Country, Water Polo, Lacrosse, Rugby, football, swimming, the Calvert Hall baseball team has won the previous five MIAA A conference championships including a 4-2 victory over Gilman in 2013. On March 18,2008 moved up to the #1 team ranking by USA Today in high school baseball, on April 7,2008, the schools Carlo Crispino Baseball Stadium was dedicated. Named after an alumnus of that name who donated $1 million for the state-of-the-art facility, other former Baltimore Orioles attending the ceremonies were Bill Ripken and Billy Hunter. The water polo squad has won every MIAA championship with the exception of the game in 2000. Calvert Hall Varsity water polo has gone undefeated in the MIAA for the last seven years, Calvert Hall has also had success in the Eastern Prep Championships of water polo, winning the last three, at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey. The Calvert Hall basketball team ended the 1981-82 season as National Champions, the team was ranked #1 after defeating Dunbar High School in a triple overtime thriller the previous season. The Calvert Hall lacrosse team was ranked #2 nationwide by Lax Power at the end of the 2011-12 after winning the MIAA championship against Loyola 17-3 and they were ranked #3 before the 2012-2013 season and fell 12-10 to then #1 Boys Latin in the semi-finals of the MIAA playoffs

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Towson, Maryland
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Towson is an unincorporated community and a census-designated place in Baltimore County, Maryland. The population was 55,197 at the 2010 census and it is the county seat of Baltimore County and the second-most populated unincorporated county seat in the United States. The first inhabitants of the future Towson and central Baltimore County region were the Susquehannock Indians who hunted in the area and their region included all of Baltimore County, though their primary settlement was farther northeast along the Susquehanna River. Towson was settled in 1752 when two Pennsylvania brothers, William and Thomas Towson, began farming an area of Saters Hill, northeast of the present-day York and Joppa Roads. Williams son, Ezekiel, opened the Towson Hotel to serve the traffic of farmers bringing their produce. Towson located the hotel at current-day Shealy Avenue and York Road, the village became known as Towsontown. The property in West Towson came from two grants,400 acre Gott’s Hope in 1719 and Gunner’s Range in 1706. Charles Ridgely completed the magnificent Hampton Mansion just north of Towsontown, the Ridgelys lived there for six generations, until 1948. It is now preserved as the Hampton National Historic Site and open to the public and they consolidated four of the structures into a larger dwelling that they called ‘Marshmont’. The brothers went into business together as medical practitioners, neither had any heirs but were joined in practice later by their nephew Dr. Grafton Marsh Bosley who eventually inherited the medical practice, the ‘Marshmont’ compound, and a 140-acre farm. The farm extended West of York Rd, south of Joppa Rd. North of the Sheppard Pratt Hospital, and East of Woodbine Ave. In 1869, Dr. Grafton Bosley and his wife Margaret Nicholson then built a new home in an area of the property known as Highlands or ‘Highland Park’ that they named ‘Uplands’. The County Courthouse was subsequently enlarged in 1910 through additional designs for north and south wings by well-known and regarded city architects, additional expansion later in 1926 and 1958 eventually created an H-shaped plan for the entire older courthouse. During the Civil War, Towson was the scene of two minor engagements, the Union Army found it necessary to overtake the town by force on June 2,1861. During the raid, the Union Army seized weapons from citizens at Adys Hotel. ”The second engagement took place around July 12,1864, the First and Second Maryland Cavalry, led by Baltimore County native and pre-war member of the Towson Horse Guards, Maj. Harry W. Following what became known as Gilmors Raid, the cavalry encamped in Towson overnight at Adys Hotel where his men rested, the next day, a large federal cavalry unit was dispatched from Baltimore to overtake Gilmors forces. Gilmors forces traveled south along York Road as far south as Govans, following the war, Gilmor served as the Baltimore City Police Commissioner in the 1870s. The Towson fire of 1878 destroyed most of the 500 block along the York Turnpike causing an estimated $38,000 in damage, during the summer of 1894, the Towson Water Company laid wooden pipes and installed fire hydrants that were connected to an artesian well near Aigburth Vale

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Bucknell Bison football
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The Bucknell Bison football team represents Bucknell University in college football at the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision level. Bucknell is a member of the Patriot League, Bucknell won the first Orange Bowl, 26–0, over the Miami Hurricanes on January 1,1935. The Lewisburg students lost the game, 59–0, and did not play another game until 1887, in 1918, Bucknell had its first of its three undefeated seasons. On October 10,1925, Bucknell played George Washington at home on the day that Christy Mathewson was buried in Lewisburg, in his honor, there was no cheering in the first quarter. In 1931 Clarke Hinkle led Bucknell to a 6–0–3 record, in 1960, the team won its first Lambert Cup. In 1989, the newly renovated Christy Mathewson–Memorial Stadium was renamed in Mathewsons honor, in 1996, Bucknell won its first conference championship. Bucknell football celebrated its seventh-straight winning season in 2001

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Miami Dolphins
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The Miami Dolphins are a professional American football franchise based in the Miami metropolitan area. The Dolphins compete in the National Football League as a club of the leagues American Football Conference East division. The Dolphins play their games at Hard Rock Stadium in the northern suburb of Miami Gardens, Florida. The Dolphins and the Atlanta Falcons are the oldest NFL franchises in the Deep South, however, of the four AFC East teams, they are the only team in the division that was not a charter member of the American Football League. The Dolphins team was founded by attorney-politician Joe Robbie and actor-comedian Danny Thomas and they began play in the AFL in 1966. For the first few years the Dolphins full-time training camp and practice facilities were at Saint Andrews School, in 1970 the Dolphins joined the NFL when the AFL–NFL merger occurred. The team made its first Super Bowl appearance in Super Bowl VI, Miami also appeared in Super Bowl XVII and Super Bowl XIX, losing both games. For most of their history, the Dolphins were coached by Don Shula. Under Shula, the Dolphins posted losing records in two of his 26 seasons as the head coach. During the period spanning 1983 to the end of 1999, quarterback Dan Marino became one of the most prolific passers in NFL history, Marino led the Dolphins to five division titles,10 playoff appearances, and Super Bowl XIX before retiring following the 1999 season. During the summer of 1966, the Dolphins training camp was in St. Pete Beach with practices in August at Boca Ciega High School in Gulfport. The Dolphins had a combined 15–39–2 record in their first four seasons under head coach George Wilson, before Don Shula was hired as head coach. Shula was a Paul Brown disciple who had been lured from the Baltimore Colts after losing Super Bowl III two seasons earlier to the AFLs New York Jets and finishing 8–5–1 the following season. Interestingly, Shula got his first NFL coaching job from then-Detroit Head Coach George Wilson, when Shula replaced Wilson at Miami the Colts charged the Dolphins with tampering in their hiring of Shula, costing the Dolphins their first round draft pick in 1971. Shula introduced himself to the Miami press by saying that he didnt have any magic formulas, Shulas early training camps with the Dolphins, with four workouts a day, would soon be the stuff of sweltering, painful legend. But Shulas hard work paid dividends, as Miami improved to a 10–4 record and their first-ever playoff appearance. The Dolphins were successful in the early 1970s, becoming the first team to advance to the AFC Championship for three consecutive seasons and they captured the AFC championship in 1971 behind quarterback Bob Griese, running backs Larry Csonka and Jim Kiick, and wide receiver Paul Warfield. The AFC Divisional Playoff Game, in which the Dolphins defeated the Kansas City Chiefs, was the longest contest in NFL history, in Super Bowl VI, however, Miami lost to the Dallas Cowboys 24–3

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New York Giants
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The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League as a club of the leagues National Football Conference East division. The team plays its games at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. The Giants hold their training camp at the Quest Diagnostics Training Center at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. The Giants were one of five teams that joined the NFL in 1925 and their championship tally is surpassed only by the Green Bay Packers and Chicago Bears. Throughout their history, the Giants have featured 28 Hall of Fame players, including NFL Most Valuable Player award winners Mel Hein, Frank Gifford, Y. A. Tittle, and Lawrence Taylor. The teams heated rivalry with the Philadelphia Eagles is the oldest of the NFC East rivalries, dating all the way back to 1933, the Giants played their first game as an away game against All New Britain in New Britain, Connecticut, on October 4,1925. They defeated New Britain 26–0 in front of a crowd of 10,000, the Giants were successful in their first season, finishing with an 8–4 record. In its third season, the finished with the best record in the league at 11–1–1 and was awarded the NFL title. In 1930, there were many who questioned the quality of the professional game. In December 1930, the Giants played a team of Notre Dame All Stars at the Polo Grounds to raise money for the unemployed of New York City and it was also an opportunity to establish the skill and prestige of the pro game. Knute Rockne reassembled his Four Horsemen along with the stars of his 1924 Championship squad and told them to score early, Rockne, like much of the public, thought little of pro football and expected an easy win. But from the beginning it was a one-way contest, with Friedman running for two Giant touchdowns and Hap Moran passing for another, when it was all over, Coach Rockne told his team, That was the greatest football machine I ever saw. I am glad none of you got hurt, the game raised $100,000 for the homeless, and is often credited with establishing the legitimacy of the professional game for those who were critical. It also was the last game the legendary Rockne ever coached, in a 14-year span from 1933 to 1947, the Giants qualified to play in the NFL championship game 8 times, winning twice. During this period the Giants were led by Hall of Fame coach Steve Owen, the period also featured the 1944 Giants, which are ranked as the #1 defensive team in NFL history. a truly awesome unit. They gave up only 7.5 points per game and shut out five of their 10 opponents, though they lost 14-7 to the Green Bay Packers in the 1944 NFL Championship Game. The famous Sneakers Game was played in this era where the Giants defeated the Chicago Bears on an icy field in the 1934 NFL Championship Game, the Giants played the Detroit Lions to a scoreless tie on November 7,1943

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National Football League
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The National Football League is a professional American football league consisting of 32 teams, divided equally between the National Football Conference and the American Football Conference. The NFL is one of the four professional sports leagues in North America. The NFLs 17-week regular season runs from the week after Labor Day to the week after Christmas, with each team playing 16 games, the NFL was formed in 1920 as the American Professional Football Association before renaming itself the National Football League for the 1922 season. The NFL agreed to merge with the American Football League in 1966, and the first Super Bowl was held at the end of that season, the merger was completed in 1970. Today, the NFL has the highest average attendance of any sports league in the world and is the most popular sports league in the United States. S. The NFLs executive officer is the commissioner, who has authority in governing the league. The team with the most NFL championships is the Green Bay Packers with thirteen, the current NFL champions are the New England Patriots, who defeated the Atlanta Falcons 34–28 in Super Bowl LI. Another meeting held on September 17,1920 resulted in the renaming of the league to the American Professional Football Association, the league hired Jim Thorpe as its first president, and consisted of 14 teams. Only two of these teams, the Decatur Staleys and the Chicago Cardinals, remain, the first event occurred on September 26,1920 when the Rock Island Independents defeated the non-league St. Paul Ideals 48–0 at Douglas Park. On October 3,1920, the first full week of league play occurred, the following season resulted in the Chicago Staleys controversially winning the title over the Buffalo All-Americans. In 1922, the APFA changed its name to the National Football League, in 1932, the season ended with the Chicago Bears and the Portsmouth Spartans tied for first in the league standings. This method had used since the leagues creation in 1920. The league quickly determined that a game between Chicago and Portsmouth was needed to decide the leagues champion. Playing with altered rules to accommodate the playing field, the Bears won the game 9–0. Fan interest in the de facto championship game led the NFL, beginning in 1933, the 1934 season also marked the first of 12 seasons in which African Americans were absent from the league. The de facto ban was rescinded in 1946, following public pressure, the NFL was always the foremost professional football league in the United States, it nevertheless faced a large number of rival professional leagues through the 1930s and 1940s. Rival leagues included at least three separate American Football Leagues and the All-America Football Conference, on top of regional leagues of varying caliber. Three NFL teams trace their histories to these leagues, including the Los Angeles Rams

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Super Bowl
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The Super Bowl is the annual championship game of the National Football League. The game is the culmination to a season that begins in the late summer of the previous calendar year. Normally, Roman numerals are used to each game, rather than the year in which it is held. For example, Super Bowl I was played on January 15,1967, the single exception to this rule is Super Bowl 50, which was played on February 7,2016, following the 2015 regular season. The next game, Super Bowl LII, scheduled for February 4,2018, the game was created as part of a merger agreement between the NFL and its then-rival league, the American Football League. It was agreed that the two champion teams would play in the AFL–NFL World Championship Game until the merger was to officially begin in 1970. After the merger, each league was redesignated as a conference, currently, the National Football Conference leads the league with 26 wins to 25 wins for the American Football Conference. The Pittsburgh Steelers have the most Super Bowl championship titles, with six, the New England Patriots have the most Super Bowl appearances, with nine. The day on which the Super Bowl is played, now considered by some as an unofficial American national holiday, is called Super Bowl Sunday and it is the second-largest day for U. S. food consumption, after Thanksgiving Day. In addition, the Super Bowl has frequently been the most-watched American television broadcast of the year, in 2015, Super Bowl XLIX became the most-watched American television program in history with an average audience of 114. The NFL restricts the use of its Super Bowl trademark, it is called the Big Game or other generic terms by non-sponsoring corporations. As a result, watching and discussing the broadcasts commercials has become a significant aspect of the event, for four decades after its 1920 inception, the NFL successfully fended off several rival leagues. However, in 1960, it encountered its most serious competitor when the American Football League was formed. The AFL vied heavily with the NFL for both players and fans, but by the middle of the decade the strain of competition led to merger talks between the two leagues. Prior to the 1966 season, the NFL and AFL reached an agreement that was to take effect for the 1970 season. As part of the merger, the champions of the two agreed to meet in a world championship game for professional American football until the merger was effected. A bowl game is a college football game. Exploiting the Rose Bowl Games popularity, post-season college football contests were created for Miami, New Orleans, and El Paso, Texas in 1935, by the time the first Super Bowl was played, the term bowl for any major American football game was well established

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Super Bowl V
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The Colts defeated the Cowboys by the score of 16–13. The game was played on January 17,1971, at the Orange Bowl in Miami, Florida and this was the first Super Bowl played after the completion of the AFL–NFL merger. As per the agreement, all 26 AFL and NFL teams were divided into two conferences with 13 teams in each of them. Along with the Colts, the Cleveland Browns and the Pittsburgh Steelers agreed to join the 10 AFL teams to form the AFC, the remaining 13 NFL teams formed the NFC. This explains why the Colts represented the NFL in Super Bowl III, meanwhile, the Cowboys were making their first Super Bowl appearance after posting a 10–4 regular season record. The game is called the Blunder Bowl or the Stupor Bowl because it was filled with poor play, a missed PAT, penalties, turnovers. The two teams committed a Super Bowl record 11 combined turnovers in the game, and the Colts seven turnovers are currently the most ever committed by a team in a Super Bowl. Dallas also set a Super Bowl record with 10 penalties, costing them 133 yards and it was finally settled with nine seconds left when Colts rookie kicker Jim OBrien kicked a 32-yard field goal with 5 seconds left in the game. In order to win the game, Baltimore had to overcome a 13–6 deficit after three quarters, and losing their starting quarterback Johnny Unitas in the second quarter. It is the only Super Bowl in which the Most Valuable Player Award was given to a member of the team, Cowboys linebacker Chuck Howley. Howley was the first non-quarterback to win the MVP award, along this theme, Colts defensive end Bubba Smith would later refuse to wear his Super Bowl V ring because of the sloppy play. The NFL awarded hosting rights for Super Bowl V to the city of Miami on March 17,1970, the Colts were an unspectacular but well-balanced veteran team, led by 37-year-old quarterback Johnny Unitas. Unitas had regained his spot on the team in 1969 upon recovering from an injury that led him to miss the majority of the 1968 season. Unitas played inconsistently during the 1970 regular season, he threw for 2,213 yards, Unitas also had injury problems, causing him to miss two regular season games and thus giving Earl Morrall more significant playing time. Morrall put up better statistics than Unitas, but head coach Don McCafferty decided to start Unitas for the playoffs, in the backfield, running back Norm Bulaich was the teams top rusher with 426 yards and 3 touchdowns, while also catching 11 passes for another 123 yards. The Colts main strength was their defense, Pro Bowl defensive tackle Bubba Smith anchored the line. Behind him, the Colts had two outstanding linebackers, Pro Bowler Mike Curtis, who recorded 5 interceptions, and Ted Hendricks. In the secondary, Pro Bowl safety Jerry Logan recorded 6 interceptions for 92 return yards and 2 touchdowns, Don Klosterman, formerly with San Diego, Kansas City and Houston in the AFL, became the Colts General Manager in 1970

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Super Bowl XXI
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The Giants defeated the Broncos by the score of 39–20, winning their first ever Super Bowl, and their first NFL title since 1956. The game was played on January 25,1987, at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena and this was the Broncos second Super Bowl appearance. Led largely through the play of quarterback John Elway and a defense led the AFC in fewest yards allowed, Denver posted an 11–5 regular season record. The game was tight in the first half, with the Broncos holding a 10–9 halftime lead, the only score in the second quarter, however, was Giants defensive end George Martins sack of Elway in the end zone for a safety. This began New Yorks run of scoring 26 unanswered points through the third, the Giants also posted a Super Bowl record 30 points in the second half, and limited the Broncos to only 2 net yards in the third quarter. Simms, who was named the Super Bowl MVP, finished the game with 22 of 25 passes completed for 268 yards and he also had 25 rushing yards on 3 carries. His 22 out of 25 completion percentage not only broke a Super Bowl record and this remains the only Super Bowl win for the Giants against a team that did not come from the AFC East, otherwise they have defeated Buffalo once and New England twice. The telecast of the game on CBS was seen by an estimated 87.2 million viewers, the practice was first started by Giants players in 1985 but it did not gain much national prominence until this season. NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXI to Pasadena, California on May 24,1984 during their May 23–25,1984 meetings in Washington, fourteen cities were part of the bidding process, which was scheduled to award four Super Bowls. The bidding cities included, Anaheim, Detroit, Houston, Jacksonville, Miami, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Pasadena, Philadelphia, San Francisco, San Diego, Seattle, Tampa, and Tempe. The Philadelphia host committee assembled what was considered a strong, but long-shot bid, the balloting for XXI took 13 ballots and over two hours to complete, with Pasadena finally receiving the winning bid. XXII was also voted on, but the voting for XXIII and this was the fourth time that Pasadena hosted the game, and the sixth time it was held in the Greater Los Angeles Area. The Giants advanced to their first Super Bowl in team history, the Giants were led by quarterback Phil Simms, who threw for 3,487 yards and 21 touchdowns. Simms main target was tight end Mark Bavaro, who caught 66 passes for 1,001 yards and 4 touchdowns, although the Giants did not have one great wide receiver, they did have several good ones. Receivers Stacy Robinson, Bobby Johnson, and Phil McConkey combined for 76 receptions and 1,307 yards, however, running the ball was the Giants primary offensive attack. Running back Joe Morris finished the season with a then-franchise record 1,516 rushing yards and 14 touchdowns, while also catching 21 passes for 223 yards. One reason for his success was fullback Maurice Carthon, who provided Morris with excellent blocking and was the second leading rusher with 260 yards. Another reason was the play of their line, led by Pro Bowl left tackle Brad Benson

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Super Bowl XXV
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The Giants defeated the Bills by the score of 20–19, winning their second Super Bowl. It is the only Super Bowl decided by one point, the game was held at Tampa Stadium in Tampa, Florida, on January 27,1991, during the height of the Gulf War. It was thus played under much patriotic fervor, highlighted by a rendition of The Star-Spangled Banner by Whitney Houston during the pre-game ceremonies. The American Broadcasting Company, who broadcast the game in the U. S. did not broadcast the Super Bowl XXV halftime show live. Instead, the network televised a special ABC News report anchored by Peter Jennings on the progress of the war, and then aired the halftime show on tape delay after the game. In advancing to their second Super Bowl, the Giants also posted a 13–3 regular season record, but with a ball-control offense, the Giants set a Super Bowl record holding possession of the ball for 40 minutes and 33 seconds. The Giants also overcame a 12–3 second-quarter deficit, and made a 75-yard touchdown drive that consumed a Super Bowl-record 9,29 off the clock, Giants running back Ottis Anderson, who carried the ball 21 times for 102 yards and one touchdown, was named Super Bowl MVP. He was the first awardee to receive the newly named Pete Rozelle Trophy, Anderson also recorded one reception for seven yards. This is the first Super Bowl to feature two teams representing the same state and it was also the first Super Bowl in which neither team committed a turnover. NFL owners voted to award Super Bowl XXV to Tampa during a May 20,1987 meeting held at Coronado and this was the second time that Tampa hosted the game, the city previously hosted Super Bowl XVIII on January 22,1984. The Bills and the Giants entered the game using contrasting styles, While the Bills led the league in points scored. The teams had met earlier in the season as well, the Bills had a very talented team with nine Pro Bowl selections on their roster. Their defense was led by defensive end Bruce Smith, who recorded 19 sacks, behind him, three of the Bills starting linebackers, Darryl Talley, Shane Conlan, and Cornelius Bennett, were selected to the Pro Bowl. And on special teams, Pro Bowler Steve Tasker was a threat, forcing fumbles, delivering jarring tackles. But as good as their defense was, it was the Bills flashy, unlike the Giants, the Bills routinely used the no-huddle offense to storm down the field and score points very quickly. Instead of going into a huddle after each play, quarterback Jim Kelly would immediately send his offense back to the line of scrimmage and this strategy prevented opposing defenses from properly reading the Bills formation, making substitutions, or even catching their breath. The Bills no-huddle K-Gun offense worked well enough for Kelly to finish the season as the top rated quarterback in the NFL, throwing for 2,829 yards,24 touchdowns. Tight end Keith McKeller contributed 34 receptions for 464 yards and 5 touchdowns, Pro Bowl running back Thurman Thomas had an AFC-best 1,297 rushing yards, caught 49 passes for 532 yards, and scored 13 touchdowns

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American football
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The offense must advance at least ten yards in four downs, or plays, or else they turn over the football to the opposing team, if they succeed, they are given a new set of four downs. Points are primarily scored by advancing the ball into the teams end zone for a touchdown or kicking the ball through the opponents goalposts for a field goal. The team with the most points at the end of a game wins, American football evolved in the United States, originating from the sports of association football and rugby football. The first game of American football was played on November 6,1869, during the latter half of the 1870s, colleges playing association football switched to the Rugby Union code, which allowed carrying the ball. American football as a whole is the most popular sport in the United States, Professional football and college football are the most popular forms of the game, with the other major levels being high school and youth football. As of 2012, nearly 1.1 million high school athletes and 70,000 college athletes play the sport in the United States annually, almost all of them men, in the United States, American football is referred to as football. The term football was established in the rulebook for the 1876 college football season. The terms gridiron or American football are favored in English-speaking countries where other codes of football are popular, such as the United Kingdom, Ireland, New Zealand, American football evolved from the sports of association football and rugby football. What is considered to be the first American football game was played on November 6,1869 between Rutgers and Princeton, two college teams, the game was played between two teams of 25 players each and used a round ball that could not be picked up or carried. It could, however, be kicked or batted with the feet, hands, head or sides, Rutgers won the game 6 goals to 4. Collegiate play continued for years in which matches were played using the rules of the host school. Representatives of Yale, Columbia, Princeton and Rutgers met on October 19,1873 to create a set of rules for all schools to adhere to. Teams were set at 20 players each, and fields of 400 by 250 feet were specified, Harvard abstained from the conference, as they favored a rugby-style game that allowed running with the ball. An 1875 Harvard-Yale game played under rugby-style rules was observed by two impressed Princeton athletes and these players introduced the sport to Princeton, a feat the Professional Football Researchers Association compared to selling refrigerators to Eskimos. Princeton, Harvard, Yale and Columbia then agreed to play using a form of rugby union rules with a modified scoring system. These schools formed the Intercollegiate Football Association, although Yale did not join until 1879, the introduction of the snap resulted in unexpected consequences. Prior to the snap, the strategy had been to punt if a scrum resulted in bad field position, however, a group of Princeton players realized that, as the snap was uncontested, they now could hold the ball indefinitely to prevent their opponent from scoring. In 1881, both teams in a game between Yale-Princeton used this strategy to maintain their undefeated records, each team held the ball, gaining no ground, for an entire half, resulting in a 0-0 tie

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Bucknell University
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Bucknell University is a private liberal arts college located alongside the West Branch Susquehanna River in the town of Lewisburg, in central Pennsylvania, United States. The university consists of the College of Arts and Sciences, School of Management, and it offers nearly 50 majors and over 60 minors. It is primarily a school, and has about 50 graduate students. Students come from all 50 states and from more than 66 countries, Bucknell has nearly 200 student organizations and a large Greek presence. The schools mascot is Bucky the Bison and the school is a member of the Patriot League in NCAA Division I athletics, more than 4,000 subscribers ultimately contributed, including a small boy who gave 12 cents. In 1846, the school preparatory to the University opened in the basement of the First Baptist Church in Lewisburg, known originally as the Lewisburg High School, it became in 1848 the Academical and Primary Department of the University at Lewisburg. In 1850, the department moved into the first building completed on campus, built for $8,000, the building housed both womens and mens studies until the opening of the Female Institute in 1852. While studying together, women were required to face east while men faced west, the schools first commencement was held on August 20,1851, for a graduation class of seven men. Among the board members attending was James Buchanan, who would become the 15th President of the United States, stephen Taylor officiated as his last act before assuming office as president of Madison University. One day earlier, the trustees had elected Howard Malcom as the first president of the university, although the Female Institute began instruction in 1852, it wasn’t until 1883 that college courses were opened to women. Bucknell, though, was committed to educational opportunities for women. Within five years of opening, enrollment had grown so sharply that the university built a new hall–Larison Hall–to accommodate the Female Institute, women could venture into town only in the company of a female teacher who had a minimum of six years’ experience in handling girls. In 1881, facing dire financial circumstances, the university turned to William Bucknell and his donation of $50,000 saved the university from ruin. In 1886, in recognition of Bucknells support of the school, Bucknell Hall, the first of several buildings given to the university by Bucknell, was initially a chapel and for more than a half century the site of student theatrical and musical performances. Today, it houses the Stadler Center for Poetry, the 40 years from 1890 until 1930 saw a steady increase in the number of faculty members and students. When the Depression brought a drop in enrollment in 1933, several members of the faculty were loaned to found a new institution, Bucknell Junior College in Wilkes-Barre, today, that institution is a four-year university, Wilkes University, independent of Bucknell since 1947. Significant new construction in the 1970s included the Elaine Langone Center, the Gerhard Fieldhouse, during the early 1980s, the capacity of the Bertrand Library was doubled and facilities for engineering were substantially renovated. In 1988, the Weis Center for the Performing Arts was completed, New facilities for the sciences included the renovation of the Olin Science Building, the construction of the Rooke Chemistry Building in 1990 and the completion of a new Biology Building in 1991

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Chi Phi
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The Chi Phi Fraternity is an American College Social Fraternity that was established as the result of the merger of three separate organizations that were each known as Chi Phi. The earliest of these organizations was formed at Princeton in 1824, today, Chi Phi has over 43,500 living alumni members from over 100 active and inactive Chapters and un-chartered Colonies. Currently Chi Phi has 49 active Chapters and 3 Colonies, a man named Jerry Reid, who returned to college in a new major at the age of 68 and subsequently pledged Chi Phi, is possibly the oldest new member ever thus far to join a college fraternity. On Christmas Eve in 1824, an association was formed to promote the circulation of correct opinions upon Religion, Morals, Education & excluding Sectarian Theology and party Politics. It was the duty of each member to publish at least once a month in any convenient way some article designed to answer the above object. The majority of the religious societies founded in Princeton were less general in their scope, Maclean found the records in his uncles paperwork, who happened to be president of the college at that time. The names of the founders of the society of 1824 were not even known to the 1854 founders, however. The Chi Phi Fraternity founded by Maclean was also short-lived, the group existed sub rosa only until 1859 when it was abandoned completely. However, before the Princeton chapter died off, it was able to establish a second chapter at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster. The chapter at Franklin and Marshall in turn planted a chapter at Gettysburg College in Gettysburg, the second Chi Phi Fraternity was founded at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill on August 21,1858 by five undergraduate students. All but the UNC chapter suspended operations as a result of the Civil War, in early 1862, he then became the Captain of Co. C, 3rd Battalion North Carolina Light Artillery and he lived the remainder of his life as a wealthy planter in Vance Co. N. C. near the village of Kittrell, where the home he built in 1867 still stands and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, john Calhoun Tucker - Class of 1861 - Served as Private in Co. I, 39th Mississippi Infantry and died in service on December 28,1862 near Port Hudson, at the surrender, only seven of his company were reported in service. William Harrison Greene - Class of 1862 - Served as a Lieutenant in Co, G, 5th Alabama Infantry Regiment assigned to the Rodes Brigade and the Army of Northern Virginia throughout the War. He was wounded in the leg at Sharpsburg, Antietam, Maryland in September 1862 and he later became a gentleman farmer at Wayside, Mississippi. - Class of 1862 - Served as a Private in the 6th Tennessee Infantry in 1862 and he was honorably discharged on account of ill health and became a merchant and planter at Eurekaton, Tenn. On November 14,1860, the third independent fraternity to be named Chi Phi was founded at Hobart College, Geneva by twelve men who took the initiatory oath, the twelve men later became known throughout Chi Phi as the Twelve Apostles

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Dallas Texans (NFL)
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The Dallas Texans played in the National Football League for one season,1952, with a record of 1–11. They were one of the worst teams in NFL history, both on and off the field, the team was based first in Dallas, then Hershey, Pennsylvania, and Akron, Ohio, during its only season. The Texans were the last NFL team to fold, many players on the 1952 roster went to the new Baltimore Colts franchise in 1953. After the 1951 season, the financially troubled New York Yanks franchise was put on the market, unable to find a buyer, Collins sold the team back to the League. However, it acquired the entire Yanks old roster. Thus, for all intents and purposes, the Millers bought the Yanks, home games were scheduled to be played at the Cotton Bowl, home stadium for the SMU Mustangs of Southern Methodist University. The Millers originally wanted to name the team as the Rangers, giles Miller declared, There is room in Texas for all kinds of football. However, the first game, against the New York Giants, while the Texans managed to get the first touchdown, they missed the extra point. They never found the end zone again and lost 24–6, in what proved to be another harbinger for the franchise, only 17,499 fans showed up at the Cotton Bowl for the opening game. Attendance continued to dwindle as the losses piled up and the team showed no sign of being competitive, the nadir came with a November 9 game against the expansion team Los Angeles Rams, which attracted only 10,000 fans. As it turned out, this was the last game the Texans played in Texas, unable to meet payroll or get financial support from area businessmen, the Millers returned the team to the League on November 14th with five games to go in the season. The NFL moved the franchises operations temporarily to Hershey, Pennsylvania and it also moved the Texans last two home games out of Dallas, making them a traveling team. As a measure of how low the NFL still ranked on the scene in the 1950s. Head coach Jim Phelan jokingly suggested because of the turnout, they should go into the stands. Halas had been so certain that the Bears would overpower the lowly Texans that he started only his second-stringers, the Texans jumped out to a 20–2 lead and hung on for a 27–23 win. With the victory, the NFL avoided having a franchise with a regular season. The teams final game was a 41–6 flogging at the hands of the Detroit Lions and that game was supposed to be played in Dallas, but was moved to Detroit after the league took over the team—forcing the Texans to make their second trip of the year to Briggs Stadium. Two weeks later, the Lions won the NFLs 1952 championship, george Taliaferro, the teams leading rusher, was selected to the Pro Bowl at the end of the season

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Baltimore City College football
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Six former City College football players have gone on to professional careers in the National Football League, including Adrian Coxson, B. C. C. 10, who played football at the University of Florida and University of Maryland before joining the Green Bay Packers in 2015, two City College coaches have advanced to higher levels as well. George Young served in the NFL as the manager of the New York Giants from 1979 to 1997 and served as an assistant coach with the Baltimore Colts. Another coach, Harry Lawrence established a tradition at Bucknell University. In the mid-1870s, the popularity of football spread to high school competition, City College became one of the first high schools in the Baltimore-area to play football, which meant that there were no organized teams at the same level. In 1895, therefore, City scheduled games against college teams such as the Maryland, the record in 1895,3 wins,13 losses, including a 42-0 rout by Navy. By the early 1900s, area schools had developed football teams and City was able to compete on a more level playing field, beating, for instance. Little is known about the first City–Poly game, except that it was played at northeast Baltimores Clifton Park in 1889 between the City reserves team and Poly with City emerging as the victor. City won all 12 games from 1889 to 1900 when the annual clash was considered a scrub engagement, the annual meeting of the two teams has led to one of the longest continuous public high school football rivalries in the nation. By 1918, Poly and other schools had surpassed City in their preparation for the games. According to William Tippett, Jr, class of 1919, Citys team did not even have a field because of its location in Downtown Baltimore. By 1929, the Knights had a new $3 million, 40-acre home in northeast Baltimore and that same year the Knights wore new uniforms with numbers on the front and back, a historic first for high schools. The Castle on the Hill had spacious practice fields with a game day field. The 1936 team won all nine of its games, but was stripped of the MSA title when one of running back Arthur Deckleman was ruled ineligible, the investigating committee gave the title to the McDonough High School, which City had beaten, 12-0, during the regular season. By 1940, Lawrences teams were undefeated in 38 consecutive games, in 1941, an undefeated City College went to Florida, to play Miami High School in the Orange Bowl stadium. The Knights, used to playing in cool autumnal or cold winter weather, in 1947, Lawrence became the head coach at Bucknell University where future City College head football coach, George Young, played for him in the early 1950s. Andy Defassio was hired as the coach in 1950, his assistant coach that first year was Robert Lumsden. The trend would reverse again as George Young took over the duties in 1959

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Kurt Schmoke
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Kurt Lidell Schmoke is best known as the first elected black mayor of Baltimore, Maryland. He is the current president of the University of Baltimore, Schmoke was born and raised in Baltimore to Murray Schmoke, a civilian chemist for the US Army, and Irene B. He attended the schools of Baltimore. Schmoke attended the Baltimore City College, the third oldest high school in the United States, Schmoke excelled in both football and lacrosse. His speed afoot and his passing accuracy won him the job as the junior varsity. As the varsity quarterback, he led the City Knights to two undefeated seasons and successive Maryland Scholastic Association A-conference championships in 1965 and 1966, Schmoke was elected president of the schools student government in his senior year but also worked in the Baltimore community with disadvantaged youth. Compulsory community service had not yet been mandated for Baltimore high school students, Schmoke entered Yale University in the fall of 1967. He played quarterback on the team that year. While at Yale, Schmoke and his classmates started a day care center on campus for the children of the universitys janitors, the center was named after Calvin Hill, a former Yale football star who became a star running back for the Dallas Cowboys, and still stands today. Schmoke has been acknowledged as the student leader who helped quell the possibility of riot on the Yale campus in the wake of the New Haven Black Panther trials in the spring of 1970. As New Haven filled with protesters, Yale students demanded the suspension of classes. A bitterly divided faculty met to discuss strategy, and invited a student leader to address the gathering, Schmoke, who was Secretary of the Class of 1971 and a leader of the Black Student Alliance at Yale, was selected to represent the students. He spoke only a few sentences, The students on campus are confused. They dont know what to think and you are older than we are, and are more experienced. We want guidance from you, moral leadership, on behalf of my fellow students, I beg you to give it to us. After graduating from Yale with a degree in history in 1971, Schmoke studied as a Rhodes Scholar at Oxford University, Schmoke was selected with five other distinguished former collegiate student-athletes for a Silver Anniversary Award by the NCAA in 1996. After graduating from Harvard Law School, Schmoke joined the Baltimore law firm of Piper, in 1977, he was selected to be part of the White House Domestic Policy Staff during the Carter Administration to work in the Department of Transportation. However, after one year working in President Carters administration, Schmoke returned to Baltimore to serve as the Assistant United States Attorney

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Curt Anderson
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Curtis Stovall Anderson is an American politician, lawyer and former broadcast journalist. He was first elected to the Maryland House of Delegates in 1983, is the chairman of the Baltimore City Delegation, after serving 12 years, he was elected again in 2002. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1992 and 2008, Anderson was born on October 12,1949 to Leonard and Jean Anderson in Chicago, Illinois. Andersons parents divorced in 1957 and he and his two sisters were raised by his mother, Anderson attended primary schools in Baltimore and Glencoe, Illinois. In 1964 he entered the Baltimore City College and he was the captain of the football and track teams and won a scholarship to Rutgers University. Anderson majored in science and made the freshman and varsity football. But in the fall of 1969, Anderson left Rutgers at the end of the semester, in 1973 he entered Morgan State College where he earned his bachelors degree in political science. He also played on the legendary Ten Bears lacrosse team, the black college lacrosse team in America. In 1982, after, his career, he entered the University of Baltimore Law School where he earned his Juris Doctor. Prior to running for the House of Delegates, Anderson anchored the news at channel 2, WMAR-TV, in 1980 Anderson was hired by WMAR-TV to be the stations weekend anchor and reporter. He covered events such as the Wayne Williams trial in Atlanta, in April 1982, Anderson was let go by WMAR-TV following a 90-day labor strike. Though he interviewed for jobs at WSB-TV in Atlanta and WBZ-TV in Boston, Anderson chose not to move his family and he ran for the House of Delegates while entering law school. Anderson graduated from the University of Baltimore School of Law in 1987 and he joined the law firm of Murphy and Associates as a criminal defense attorney that same year. He opened his own practice in 1996 and has represented thousands of individuals in the Circuit, in 1982, Anderson won a seat in the House of Delegates, finishing first in a crowded field of candidates which included four incumbents. He was sworn in January 1983 and assigned to the House Ways, after serving five years in the Maryland General Assembly, Anderson was elected chairman of the Legislative Black Caucus of Maryland. As chairman he sponsored and saw passed Marylands Minoirty Business Enterprise Act, one of the benefits of this act for minority business was increased participation in major state projects like the building of Oriole Park at Camden Yards. Nearly 20% of the contracts let for the construction of the new ballpark went to minority owned businesses, after 12 years in the House, Anderson ran for the Senate in 1994 but was defeated in the democratic primary. He practiced law for the next 8 years, in 2002 he made a run for the House of Delegates

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McDaniel College
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McDaniel College is a private four-year liberal arts college in Westminster, Maryland, United States, located 30 miles northwest of Baltimore. The college also has a campus, McDaniel College Budapest located in Budapest. Established in 1867, it was known as Western Maryland College until 2002 when it was renamed McDaniel College in honor of an alumnus who gave a lifetime of service to the college, the other schools retained their affiliations and won the case. The colleges first building went up in 1866-1867, with an class of 37 men and women in September 1867. Western Maryland was the first coeducational institution south of the Mason–Dixon line and was among the first in the nation. The schools original charter read that the school would exist, For the benefit of students without regard to race, religion, color, sex, however, Western Maryland College was primarily a school without minority race representation until the 1960s. Baker Memorial Chapel was dedicated April 20,1958, the chapel, was built in memory of W. G. Baker, Joseph D. Baker, Daniel Baker, and Sarah Baker. The chapel was designed by architects Otto Eugene Adams and E. G, the Chapel steeple,113 feet tall, is visible for miles around and was originally topped by a stainless steel cross 6 feet in height. The wood panels of the chancel have been designed to complement the antique organ console which was originally in the Bruton Parish Church, at Williamsburg, the organ, with its 2,310 pipes, is held to be the largest in the area. The Whitefords also gave the carillon installed in the steeple, McDaniel College Budapest, the European campus of McDaniel College was established in collaboration with College International Budapest in 1994. McDaniel College was also home to the training camp of the Baltimore Ravens NFL team until the 2011 Season when the team chose to relocate spring training to their Owings Mills facility. Newer buildings on campus include the Science Hall, gymnasium, library, on January 11,2002, the trustees announced their unanimous decision to change the name of the college. On July 1,2002, WMC officially became McDaniel College, honoring alumnus William Roberts McDaniel, the naming process during the spring of 2002 included input from students, faculty and alumni about possible names. Since Roger Casey, current McDaniel President, took office in 2010, over the same period, the enrollment decreased by 17%. In May 2016, Fitch Ratings revised its outlook for McDaniel from Stable to Negative, in June 2016 adjunct faculty at McDaniel voted to unionize. McDaniel is the second university in the state with collective bargaining for the part-time employees. Adjuncts are represented by Service Employees International Union Local 500, McDaniel College is a liberal arts school that is founded on having many majors to pick from. The administration as well as the students have worked together to create over sixty undergraduate majors, McDaniel also offers over one hundred different minors

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Wellington Mara
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Wellington Timothy Mara was the co-owner of the New York Giants of the National Football League from 1959 until his death, and one of the most influential and iconic figures in the history of the NFL. He was the son of Tim Mara, who founded the Giants in 1925. Wellington was a boy for that year. Mara was born in Rochester, New York, the son of Elizabeth Lizette, a homemaker, Mara was an alumnus of Loyola School and Fordham University, both New York City Jesuit schools. In 1930, Timothy James Mara split his ownership interests between Wellington and his older brother Jack, soon after graduating from Fordham University, Wellington moved into the Giants front office as team treasurer and assistant to his father. He became the secretary in 1940. After fighting in World War II, he returned to the Giants as team vice president, when Jack, who had been president since 1941, died in 1965, Wellington became team president. For his first 37 years in the organization, he handled the franchises football decisions, however, his growing involvement in league affairs led him to turn over most of his day-to-day responsibilities to operations director Andy Robustelli in 1974. He didnt relinquish full control over the side of the operation until 1979. The Giants were hamstrung for several years by a relationship between Wellington and his nephew, Tim J. Mara, who inherited Jacks stake in the team upon Jacks death. By the 1970s, they almost never spoke to other. The Maras continued to close control over the Giants day-to-day operations long after most other owners had delegated such authority. Under Maras direction the New York Football Giants won six NFL titles, nine conference championships, the Giants have also accumulated the third highest number of victories in National Football League history. Mara was also liked by the Giants players, and was known to stick by them even when they struggled with off-the-field problems. Taylor has since lived a life style and credits Mara with helping him fight his addiction. The Wilson football used in NFL games prior to the AFL merger was nicknamed THE DUKE after Mara, for the 2006 season and beyond, a new version of THE DUKE has been used in NFL games. He was enshrined in the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1997, Mara was married to Ann Mara. His granddaughters include actresses Kate Mara and Rooney Mara, in 2012, Mara was elected into the New Jersey Hall of Fame

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Tim Mara
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Timothy James Tim Mara was the founder and administrator of the New York Giants of the National Football League. The Giants, under Mara, won NFL championships in 1927,1934,1938, and 1956 and divisional titles in 1933,1935,1939,1941,1944,1946, and 1958. Mara, the son of Elizabeth and John Mara, a policeman, at the age of 13, he quit school in order to find work to support his mother. His first job was as an usher in a theater and he then worked as a newsboy selling newspapers on the streets. This job brought him contact with many of New York’s bookmakers. He soon became a runner for the bookies, earning five percent of the bets he collected, by age 18, he was an established bookmaker himself. In 1925, the NFL was in need of a franchise in a city market that could be used to showcase the league. The NFLs President, Joseph Carr, traveled to New York to offer boxing promoter Billy Gibson a franchise, Gibson, the former owner of the NFLs last New York franchise, the New York Brickley Giants, refused the offer. However he referred Carr to his friend Tim Mara, while Mara did not know much about football, Maras friend, Dr. Harry March, did. This backing led Mara to purchase the NFL franchise for New York at a cost of $500, $500 then is worth about $12,458.00 in 2013. Mara and March, even signed Jim Thorpe to play several games in order to boost attendance. However many of the New York sports fans still took to college football, during the Giants first season, attendance was so poor that Mara lost over $40,000. To tap into New Yorks college football fans, Mara tried to sign ex-college football superstar Red Grange only to find that he already was a member of the Chicago Bears. However still looking for a way to cash in on Granges popularity, the gate receipts totalled $143,000 for that one game against Grange and the Bears, and Mara recovered all of his losses for the 1925 season. In 1926, Grange and his manager, C. C, Pyle, formed the first American Football League with a New York franchise named the Yankees to compete with the Giants. New Yorks coach Bob Folwell and star tackle, Century Milstead and this led Mara to increase the salaries of all his players by $50 a game to prevent them from leaving the Giants, too. He also signed many players to full-season contracts, Mara suffered $60,000 in financial losses that season. However all but four of the AFL franchises finished the 1926 season, Mara then challenged the AFL champion Philadelphia Quakers to a game and they accepted

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Andy Robustelli
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Andrew Richard Robustelli was an American football defensive end in the National Football League for the Los Angeles Rams and the New York Giants. He played college football at Arnold College and was drafted in the round of the 1951 NFL Draft. Robustelli was a six-time First-team All-pro selection and was inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1971, Robustelli was born on December 6,1925 in Stamford, Connecticut, to Lucien Robustelli, an Italian-American and his wife Catherine Robustelli. He attended Stamford High School, where he excelled in football and baseball, at age 18, he enlisted in the United States Navy and served on the USS William C. Cole in the Pacific Theater. After the war, he attended Arnold College, in Milford, Connecticut, after college, he was drafted in the NFL by the Los Angeles Rams in the nineteenth round of the 1951 NFL Draft. In June,1951, he was offered a tryout with the New York Giants baseball club, the Giants offered Robustelli a $400 contract to play with their minor league affiliate Knoxville Smokies. A two-way end at Arnold College, Robustelli was selected by the Los Angeles Rams in the round of the 1951 NFL Draft and was considered a long shot to make the team. The Rams were impressed with his determination and toughness as an end and he not only made the team. He played for the Rams until he was traded to the New York Giants in 1956, Robustelli spent nine seasons with the Giants, playing for six conference champions and one NFL championship team. He was a starter on the Giants defense from 1956 until his retirement after the 1964 season, in Robustellis first season, the Giants won the NFL championship. With the Giants, Robustelli was an All-Pro in 1956, and 1958 through 1960 and he received the 1962 Bert Bell Award as best player in the NFL, one of the few defensive players to do so. He played in 174 NFL games, missing one in his career. Over his career, he recovered 22 fumbles and intercepted two passes, returning both for touchdowns, although small for a defensive end at 60 and 230 pounds, Robustelli was exceptionally smart, quick, and strong and known as a superb pass rusher. Robustelli also holds the distinction of being the football player to have played in the first two nationally televised NFL games. Robustelli returned to the Giants when he was appointed as its director of operations on December 17,1973 and he took over responsibility for most of the Giants football matters. Owner Wellington Mara had been making the teams football decisions himself since the death of his older brother Jack in 1965, for all intents and purposes, Robustelli was the teams first general manager. He took over a team whose 2–11–1 record the season was the worst in the National Football Conference. The Giants had to play games at the Yale Bowl in 1974

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Miracle at the Meadowlands
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It is considered miraculous because the Giants were ahead and could easily have run out the final seconds, they had the ball and the Eagles had no timeouts left. Everyone watching expected quarterback Joe Pisarcik to take one more snap and kneel with the ball, thus running out the clock, instead, he botched an attempt to hand off the football to fullback Larry Csonka. Edwards picked up the ball and ran 26 yards for the winning score. It was the first meeting between the rivals that season. The Eagles were in place in the NFC East, behind the Dallas Cowboys and Washington Redskins. The teams went into the game in similar situations, but heading in different directions, given the similarity of their records, it was likely the outcome would have playoff implications, since the first tie-breaker for a wild card spot is the head-to-head record. Going into the game, the Giants were 5–6, a three-game losing streak on the road had made the teams playoff prospects much dimmer since midseason. However, a win at home against the favored Eagles could, despite the teams storied past, the Giants had not played in the postseason since 1963 and had managed only two winning seasons since then. Although they were the fourth oldest franchise, they were almost a non-entity in the post-merger NFL. The move to New Jersey in 1976 had alienated some longtime fans, Fans had never gone this long without a contender, but while they were growing restless, they were still forgiving. The two managed team operations closely, but feuded so bitterly with each other that at one point a partition had to be erected between their seats in the owners box. The effects of this uncertainty and instability at the highest managerial level affected the teams play and it was not lost on fans that players and coaches who had once been in the Giants fold were now enjoying or had enjoyed great success elsewhere. The team also had passed over future stars for less able players in the annual draft, but all this was for naught. The week before the game, players, particularly on offense, had complained to reporters about the teams assistant coaches, head coach John McVay was popular with them. He had taken over the team in the middle of the 1976 season after Bill Arnsparger was fired and improved morale while adding talented players to the team, however, the players were not so enthusiastic about many of the longtime friends he had hired as assistants. The players felt the assistant coaches were uninterested in helping younger players develop, as an example, they pointed out that the season before, none of the teams three quarterbacks had had any previous NFL experience, yet no quarterback coach had been hired. They also noted one of the few coaches who seemed to care, Jerry Wampfler. Offensive coordinator Bob Gibson was the most frequent target of complaints and he had taken to the relatively nascent practice of calling all the plays from the upstairs press box

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Philadelphia Eagles
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The Philadelphia Eagles are a professional American football franchise based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Eagles compete in the National Football League as a club of the leagues National Football Conference East division. The franchise was established in 1933 as a replacement for the bankrupt Frankford Yellow Jackets, when a group led by Bert Bell secured the rights to an NFL franchise in Philadelphia. Bell, Chuck Bednarik, Bob Brown, Reggie White, Steve Van Buren, Tommy McDonald, Greasy Neale, Pete Pihos, Sonny Jurgensen, the team has an intense rivalry with the New York Giants. This rivalry is the oldest in the NFC East and is among the oldest in the NFL and they also have a historic rivalry with the Washington Redskins, as well as their bitter rivalry with the Dallas Cowboys, which has become more high-profile in the last three decades. The team consistently ranks in the top three in attendance and has sold out every game since the 1999 season, in a Sports Illustrated poll of 321 NFL players, Eagles fans were selected the most intimidating fans in the NFL. Midway through the 1931 season, the Frankford Yellow Jackets went bankrupt, the Bell-Wray group had to pay an entry fee of $3,500 and assumed a total debt of $11,000 that was owed to three other NFL franchises. Neither the Eagles nor the NFL officially regard the two franchises as the same, citing the period of dormancy. Furthermore, almost no Yellow Jackets players were on the Eagles first roster, the Eagles, along with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the now-defunct Cincinnati Reds, joined the NFL as expansion teams. To accommodate football at Shibe Park during the winter, management set up stands in right field, some 20 feet high, these east stands had 22 rows of seats. The goalposts stood along the first base line and in left field, the uncovered east stands enlarged capacity of Shibe Park to over 39,000, but the Eagles rarely drew more than 25 to 30,000. The Eagles struggled over the course of their first decade, enduring repeated losing seasons, soon after, Bell and Rooney traded the Eagles franchise to Thompson and moved it to Pittsburgh, while Thompson moved the Steelers franchise to Philadelphia. By the late 1940s, head coach Earle Greasy Neale and running back Steve Van Buren led the team to three consecutive NFL Championship Games, winning two of them in 1948 and 1949. After the 1957 season, the Eagles moved from Connie Mack Stadium to Franklin Field at the University of Pennsylvania, Franklin Field would seat over 60,000 for the Eagles, whereas Connie Mack had a capacity of 39,000. The stadium switched from grass to AstroTurf in 1969 and it was the first NFL stadium to use artificial turf. In 1960, the Eagles won their third NFL championship, under the leadership of future Pro Football Hall of Famers Norm Van Brocklin and Chuck Bednarik, the head coach was Buck Shaw. The 1960 Eagles, by a score of 17–13, became the team to defeat Vince Lombardi. The Eagles had a good 1961 season and then fell on hard times in 1962

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Pete Rozelle
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Alvin Ray Pete Rozelle was the commissioner of the National Football League for nearly thirty years, from January 1960 to November 1989, when he retired from office. He is credited with making the NFL into one of the most successful leagues in the world. Born in South Gate, California, Rozelle grew up in neighboring Lynwood during the Great Depression and he graduated from Compton High School in 1944, with Duke Snider, lettering in baseball and basketball. He was drafted into the U. S. Navy in 1944, Rozelle entered Compton Community College in 1946. While there he worked as the student athletic news director and also worked part-time for the Los Angeles Rams as a public relations assistant, Pete Newell, head coach for the University of San Francisco Dons basketball team, came to Compton in 1948 for a recruiting visit. Impressed by Rozelle, Newell helped arrange for him to get a scholarship to work in a similar capacity at USF. Rozelle enrolled at USF that year and worked as a student publicist for the USF Dons athletic department, in addition to promoting the schools football team he was able to draw national attention to the Dons 1949 National Invitation Tournament championship basketball team. After graduating from USF in 1950 he was hired by the school as the full-time athletic news director, in 1952, he re-joined the Rams as a PR specialist. Leaving after three years, he held a series of public jobs in southern California, including marketing the 1956 Olympics in Melbourne. In 1957, he returned to Rams, a disorganized, unprofitable team, lost in the growing L. A. market, as their general manager. In spite of continued struggles on the field, including a league-worst 2–10 record in 1959, after Bert Bells death in October 1959, the 33-year-old Rozelle was the surprise choice for his replacement as NFL commissioner. According to Howard Cosell in his book I Never Played the Game, when he took office following the 1959 season, there were twelve teams in the NFL playing a twelve-game schedule to frequently half-empty stadiums, and only a few teams had television contracts. The NFL in 1960 was following a model that had evolved from the 1930s. One of Rozelles early accomplishments was helping the league adopt profit-sharing of gate, the revenue-sharing was a major factor in stabilizing the NFL and guaranteeing the success of its small-market teams. Another important contribution was Rozelles success in negotiating large television contracts to broadcast every NFL game played each season, in doing so he deftly played one television network against the other. In 1962, Rozelle was re-elected to a contract to remain as commissioner. When President Kennedy was assassinated on Friday, November 22,1963, Rozelle and White House press secretary Pierre Salinger had been classmates at the University of San Francisco, so Rozelle consulted with him. Salinger urged Rozelle to play the games, so he agreed for the schedule to proceed, Rozelle felt that way, saying, It has been traditional in sports for athletes to perform in times of great personal tragedy

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National Football League Draft
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The National Football League Draft, also called the player selection meeting, is an annual event in which the National Football League teams select eligible college football players. It serves as the leagues most common source of player recruitment, from this position, the team can either select a player or trade their position to another team for other draft positions, a player or players, or any combination thereof. The round is complete when each team has selected a player or traded its draft position. Currently the draft consists of seven rounds, the original rationale in creating the draft was to increase the competitive parity between the teams as the worst team would, ideally, have chosen the best player available. In the early years of the draft, players were based on hearsay, print media. In the 1940s, some franchises began employing full-time scouts, the ensuing success of their corresponding teams eventually forced the other franchises to also hire scouts. Colloquially, the name of the each year takes on the form of the NFL season in which players picked could begin playing. For example, the 2010 NFL draft was for the 2010 NFL season, however, the NFL-defined name of the process has changed since its inception. The location of the draft has continually changed over the years to more fans. The drafts popularity now garners prime-time television coverage, in recent years, the NFL draft has occurred in late April or early May. The 2015 and 2016 NFL drafts were held in Chicago, in late 1934, Art Rooney, owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, gave the right of usage of two players to the New York Giants because Rooneys team had no chance to participate in the post-season. After the owner of the Boston Redskins, George Preston Marshall, protested the transaction, at a league meeting in December 1934, the NFL introduced a waiver rule to prevent such transactions. Any player released by a team during the season would be able to be claimed by other teams, the selection order to claim the player would be in inverse order to the teams standings at the time. Throughout this time, Bert Bell, co-owner of the Philadelphia Eagles, felt his teams lack of competitiveness on the field made it difficult for the Eagles to sell tickets and to be profitable. As a result, the NFL was dominated by the Chicago Bears, Green Bay Packers, Giants, and Redskins. At a league meeting on May 18,1935, Bell proposed a draft be instituted to enhance the possibility of competitive parity on the field in order to ensure the viability of all franchises. His proposal was adopted unanimously that day, although the first draft would not occur until the next off-season. The rules for the selection of the players in the first draft were, first, from this pool, each franchise would select, in inverse order to their teams record in the previous year, a player

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Phil Simms
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Phillip Martin Simms is a former American football quarterback who spent his entire 14-year professional career playing for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He is currently a sportscaster for the CBS network. He also was named to the Pro Bowl for his performances in the 1985 and 1993 seasons and he is the father of former NFL quarterback, New England Patriots assistant coach, and current Fox Sports college football analyst Chris Simms, as well as Atlanta Falcons quarterback Matt Simms. Simms was born in Springfield, Kentucky on his grandfathers farm, while an elementary school student his family moved and Simms grew up in Louisville, Kentucky. He went to St. Rita catholic grade school also and he attended Southern High School in Louisville and was quarterback of the Southern Trojans, graduating in 1974. Simms chose to attend Morehead State University in nearby Morehead, Kentucky, the team also finished with a 2–6–1 record in his senior season and failed to make a bowl game during Simms four years. Simms finished his career at Morehead State with 409 completions in 835 attempts for a 48. 9% completion percentage and he also totalled 32 touchdowns,45 interceptions, and a school-record 5,545 yards. Before the 1979 NFL Draft, Bill Walsh, who was the new coach of the San Francisco 49ers, Walsh was so impressed with Simms that he planned to draft him in the third round, preferring him over another young quarterback they scouted and ultimately drafted, Joe Montana. But the New York Giants decided to make Simms their first round pick to the surprise of many, as Simms acknowledged, most people have never heard of me. When Simmss name was announced by Commissioner Pete Rozelle in front of the audience at the draft, his selection was booed loudly by the Giants fans in attendance. Simms was not happy being a Giant either, All I was thinking was which teams I would rather play for—the Green Bay Packers, nonetheless, he became popular with his teammates who jokingly dubbed him Prince Valiant in his rookie training camp. Simms won his first five starts of his rookie year and he led the team to a 6–4 record as a starter, throwing for 1,743 yards and 13 touchdown passes and was named to the NFL All Rookie Team. He was runner-up in 1979 for Rookie of the Year, losing out to future teammate, Simms next four years were marred by injuries and inconsistent play. He finished the 1980 season with 15 touchdowns and 19 interceptions, in 1981, Simms threw for 2,031 yards,11 touchdowns, and 9 interceptions on 54. 4% completion percentage before suffering a separated shoulder in a November 15 loss to the Washington Redskins. With Simms out, the Giants went on a run led by Scott Brunner, Simms suffered a torn knee ligament in a preseason game against the New York Jets, preventing him from playing the entire 1982 season. Following the season, Ray Perkins resigned as coach to take over the same position at the University of Alabama. In the coming years this change would prove crucial to the Giants, one of Parcells first decisions as coach was to replace Simms as the starting quarterback with Brunner. Simms asked to be traded after the benching, but his request was ignored, during the sixth game of the Giants 1983 Season, Simms came in to replace the struggling Brunner against the Philadelphia Eagles

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Lawrence Taylor
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Lawrence Julius Taylor, nicknamed L. T. is a Hall of Fame former American football player. Taylor played his professional career as a linebacker for the New York Giants in the National Football League. After an All-American career at the University of North Carolina, Taylor was drafted by the Giants as the second selection in the 1981 NFL Draft. Although controversy surrounded the selection due to Taylors contract demands, the two sides quickly resolved the issue, Taylor won several defensive awards after his rookie season. Taylor produced double-digit sacks each season from 1984 through 1990, including a high of 20.5 in 1986. He also won a record three AP NFL Defensive Player of the Year awards and was named the leagues Most Valuable Player for his performance during the 1986 season. Taylor is one of two defensive players in the history of the NFL to have ever won the NFL MVP award. Taylor has lived a lifestyle, during and after his playing career. He admitted to using such as cocaine as early as his second year in the NFL. His drug abuse escalated after his retirement, and he was jailed three times for attempted drug possession, from 1998 to 2009, Taylor lived a sober, drug-free life. He worked as a commentator on sporting events after his retirement. His personal life came under scrutiny in 2011 when he pleaded guilty to sexual misconduct involving a 16-year-old girl. Lawrence Taylor was the second of three born to Clarence and Iris Taylor in Williamsburg, Virginia. His father worked as a dispatcher at the Newport News shipyards, referred to as Lonnie by his family, Taylor was a mischievous youth. His mother said that e was a challenging child, where the other two boys would ask for permission to do stuff, Lonnie. would just do it, and when you found out about it, he would give you a big story. Taylor concentrated on baseball as a youth, in which he played the position of catcher and he did not play organized high school football until the following year, and was not heavily recruited coming out of high school. After graduating from Lafayette High School in 1977, Taylor attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill where he was a team captain, originally recruited as a defensive lineman, Taylor switched to linebacker before the 1979 season. He had 16 sacks in his year there, and set numerous defensive records

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Joe Morris (American football)
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Joseph Edward Morris is a former American football running back in the National Football League who played for the New York Giants from 1982 to 1988. Initially noted for his diminutive stature —57, Morris was a key member of the Giants team that won Super Bowl XXI in 1987 and he rushed for 67 yards, caught four passes for 20 yards, and scored a touchdown in the game. While playing scholastic sports at Ayer High School in Ayer, Massachusetts, Morris was a four-year starter at Syracuse University. At Syracuse, Morris set all of the rushing records rushing for 4,229 yards in his four seasons surpassing former greats such as Jim Brown, Larry Csonka. An All-American choice by his year, he was selected to play in the Blue-Gray, East-West Shrine. Morris was also co-captain with Ike Bogosian, father of NHL player Zach Bogosian, Morris was the New York Giants second round pick in the 1982 NFL Draft, and quickly outshined their first round pick, University of Michigan back Butch Woolfolk. As a rookie with the Giants in 1982, Morris scored a touchdown on his very first rushing attempt, a prelude of what was to come for this powerful running back. In 1985, he rushed for 1,336 yards and a league leading 21 touchdowns, Morris was a key member of the 86 Giants Super Bowl championship team rushing his way to a 1,000 yard season. He went on to add two more 1,000 plus yard rushing seasons, moving past Alex Webster as the all-time Giants leader. In the Giants march to the Lombardi Trophy, Morris rushed for 313 yards in three games including a 159-yard, two touchdown performance against the San Francisco 49ers. He was selected to the Pro Bowl in 85 and 86 seasons, towards the end of the 1988 season, he totaled 1,318 attempts,5,296 yards and 48 touchdowns for the New York Giants. Morris retired from football in 1991 with the Cleveland Browns and finished his NFL career with 5,585 rushing yards,111 receptions for 960 yards. Morris now works in estate and insurance. He resides in New Jersey with his two children and he was also a part owner of the New Jersey Red Dogs of the Arena Football League, along with fellow ex-Giants Carl Banks and Harry Carson. Morris had two brothers follow him to Syracuse University. Mike was a receiver and Larry was a running back. Morris youngest brother, Jamie Morris set the all-time rushing records at the University of Michigan, history of the New York Giants

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Carl Banks
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Banks is a former American football linebacker in the National Football League from 1984 to 1995 for the New York Giants, the Washington Redskins and the Cleveland Browns. Banks played high school football at Beecher High School, graduating in 1980 and he made the Pro Bowl in 1987, had 39.5 career quarterback sacks, and was a member of the NFLs 1980s All-Decade Team. He played college football at Michigan State University and was the third pick in the 1984 NFL Draft. He was a member of the Giants teams that won Super Bowls XXI, Banks was a standout in their Super Bowl XXI victory in which he recorded 14 total tackles, including ten solo tackles. In 1993, Banks entered a contract to play for the Washington Redskins. He was released from the Redskins after the 1993 season and spent his two years with the Cleveland Browns before retiring after the 1995 season. After retiring from the NFL, Banks was a part-owner of the Arena Football Leagues New Jersey Red Dogs, along with ex-Giants Joe Morris and he was Director of Player Development for the New York Jets in 1997. Currently, Banks can be heard as one of the voices of Sirius NFL Radio, starting in 2007, he became an analyst for the radio broadcasts of the New York Giants. History of the New York Giants Media related to Carl Banks at Wikimedia Commons

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Bill Parcells
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Duane Charles Bill Parcells, also known as The Big Tuna, is a former American football coach, best known as a head coach in the National Football League for 19 seasons. He rose to prominence as the coach of the New York Giants. Parcells later served as the coach of the New England Patriots, New York Jets. Throughout his career, he coached teams that were in a period of decline and he is the only coach in NFL history to lead four different teams to the playoffs and three different teams to a conference championship game. Parcells brought new success to the team and within four years and his tenure with the Giants spanned eight seasons and concluded with a second championship victory in Super Bowl XXV. After the Super Bowl win, Parcells retired as a coach in 1991, in 1993, Parcells came out of retirement to become the head coach of the Patriots, another struggling franchise at the time. Once again, Parcells changed the fortunes for the team and led them to an appearance in Super Bowl XXXI during his season as their coach. Amid conflicts with Patriots owner Robert Kraft, he left the franchise after their Super Bowl loss and became the head coach of the Jets for the next season. Under Parcells, the Jets went from having only one victory in the season to obtaining a winning record. After three seasons as the Jets head coach, Parcells retired for a time in 1999. He coached the Cowboys for four seasons and helped them qualify for the playoffs twice, following the teams loss in a 2006 NFC Wild Card game, Parcells retired from coaching for good in 2007. Since his final retirement from coaching, Parcells currently serves as an NFL analyst for ESPN and he was also the Vice President of Football Operations with the Miami Dolphins, a position he held from 2008 to 2010. In 2013, Parcells was voted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame, Parcells was born in Englewood, New Jersey, on August 22,1941. He grew up in the town of Hasbrouck Heights. His mother, Ida Parcells, was a housewife while his father, Charles Parcells, played quarterback at Georgetown University, Bill Parcells is of Irish, Scottish, English, and Italian descent. Prior to his year in high school, the Parcells family moved a few miles north to the town of Oradell. While he was at River Dell, he was mistaken for another boy named Bill. As he had disliked his given name of Duane, he decided to adopt Bill as his nickname

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Michael Strahan
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Michael Anthony Strahan is a media personality and former American football defensive end who spent his entire 15-year career with the New York Giants of the National Football League. Strahan set a record for the most sacks in a season in 2001, after retiring from the NFL, Strahan became a media personality. He starred in and produced the short-lived Fox sitcom Brothers and appeared as host for Pros vs. Joes alongside fellow Fox football analyst Jay Glazer, on February 1,2014, he was elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame. As of 2016, he is the host of the ABC game show The $100,000 Pyramid, Strahan was born in Houston, Texas. The youngest of six children, he is the son of Louise Strahan, a coach, and Gene Willie Strahan, a retired Army Major. He is the nephew of retired professional football player Arthur Strahan, Gene was a major in the U. S. Army, and when Michael was 9, the family moved to an army post - BFV - in Mannheim, West Germany. The summer before Strahans senior year of school, his father sent him to live with his uncle Art in Houston so he could attend Westbury High School. Strahan played one season of football, which was enough for him to get an offer from Texas Southern University. He then flew back to Germany for the term, where he graduated from Mannheim Christian. Strahan followed in the footsteps of his uncle Art, who played defensive end at Texas Southern University. Strahan was so dominant he drew double teams, and TSU coaches dubbed Strahan double teaming Strahan rules, by his junior season, Strahan began to turn himself into an NFL prospect. He recorded 62 tackles with a school-record 19 quarterback sacks and 32 tackles totaling 142 yards in losses and he was also selected Division I-AA Defensive Player of the Year by The Poor Mans Guide and Edd Hayes Black College Sports Report. In 1992, he was named First Team All-Southwestern Athletic Conference and he was also named Black College Defensive Player of the Year. As a junior in 1991, Strahan led the SWAC with 14.5 quarterback sacks and his 41.5 career sacks is a Texas Southern record. He played in only 9 games due to injuries, and missed the Giants two playoff games that season, after a few unremarkable seasons, Strahan had a breakout season in 1997, recording 14 sacks. He was voted into his first Pro Bowl and was also named First Team All-Pro by the Associated Press, in 1998, Strahan continued his success, racking up 15 sacks and being voted into his second Pro-Bowl and All-Pro team. Strahan was a member of the 2000 Giants and participated in their run to Super Bowl XXXV. In 2002, Michael Strahan and the Giants negotiated on a new contract and he said the team failed to negotiate after he turned down its first contract proposal

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Jessie Armstead
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He played college football at the University of Miami. Armstead attended David W. Carter High School in Dallas, Texas, the title was later forfeited due to eligibility infringements. Armstead was considered the top high school talent in Texas as well as nationwide by recruiting analysts. He had been an All-American since his year, and at that time was the only player to be selected as an All-American three years in high school. Fellow D-I recruits Derric Evans and Gary Edwards asked Armstead to join them and others in a series of robberies of video stores and fast-food restaurants, in September 1989, Evans and Edwards were sentenced to 20 years and 16 years, respectively, in prison. Recruited by Jimmy Johnson, Armstead chose to attend the University of Miami, however, weeks later, Johnson left Miami to take over as the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys. A college standout on Miamis 2 national championships, Armsteads pro prospects were diminished after he tore his cruciate ligament his sophomore season. As a result, he was not drafted until the round of the 1993 NFL Draft. Armstead was interviewed about his time at the University of Miami for the documentary The U, Armstead was a five-time Pro Bowler, elected between 1997 and 2001. Armstead had 752 career tackles with forty sacks and 12 interceptions for 175 yards, following a nine-year career with the Giants, he was signed to a three-year, $4.5 million deal by the Washington Redskins, where he played for two additional seasons. He signed with the Carolina Panthers for the 2004 season, on June 13,2007, Armstead signed a one-day contract with the New York Giants to officially retire a New York Giant. On September 8,2008, Armstead was hired by the Giants as a special assistant/consultant and his responsibilities include special projects, defensive assignments, player development and free agent recruiting. In February 2008, Armstead was featured as one of the pros on Pros vs Joes on Spike TV, jessie Armstead officially retires as a Giant

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Amani Toomer
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Amani Askari Toomer is a former American football wide receiver and punt returner who played almost his entire career for the New York Giants of the National Football League. He also returned 109 punts for 1,060 yards and three touchdowns, as a rookie in 1996, he led the NFL with an average of 16.6 yards on 18 punt returns. Toomer played college football at the University of Michigan from 1992 to 1995, in 1994, he broke the schools single-season record with 1,096 receiving yards and was a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award and a first-team All-Big Ten honoree. Toomer finished his career ranked second in Michigan history with 2,657 receiving yards. Toomer was born in Berkeley, California, in 1974 and his first name, Amani, is Swahili for peace, and his middle name, Askari, is Swahili for warrior. Toomers father, Donald Toomer, played football for Woody Hayes at Ohio State. His uncle is comedian George Wallace, Toomer began playing Pee-Wee Football as a lineman for the Berkeley Cougars and as a receiver, kicker, punter, linebacker and running back for the Richmond Steelers. Toomer attended De La Salle High School in Concord, California, as a football player at De La Salle, Toomer was selected as a Parade All-American and a USA Today All-USA player. Toomer enrolled at the University of Michigan in 1992 and played football for the Michigan Wolverines football teams from 1992 to 1995. As a freshman and sophomore in 1992 and 1993, he started three games and was principally used as a backup to the teams #1 receiver, Derrick Alexander. Toomer caught 16 passes for 238 yards in 1992 and 29 passes for 565 yards in 1993, as a junior in 1994, Toomer did not start any games for Michigan, as Mercury Hayes was the starting flanker in all 12 games. Despite technically being a backup to Hayes, Toomer in 1994 broke Jack Clancys single-season Michigan record with 1,096 receiving yards. With Todd Collins at quarterback, Toomer was the 1994 Wolverines leading receiver with 54 receptions for 1,096 yards, Toomer also finished the season as the Big Ten Conferences leading receiver with an average of 93.9 receiving yards per game. He had a career-high 179 receiving yards, including touchdown receptions of 46 and 38 yards and he also returned a punt 72 yards for a touchdown against Illinois. Toomer was a finalist for the Biletnikoff Award in 1994 and was selected by both the coaches and media as a first-team wide receiver on the 1994 All-Big Ten team. As a senior, Toomer finally became a starter, starting 12 games at end for the 1995 Michigan team. However, Toomer was routinely double-teamed in 1995, opening the way for Mercury Hayes to lead the team in receptions and receiving yardage. Toomer finished the 1995 season with 44 receptions for 758 yards and he had his best game of the season in a 52-17 victory over Minnesota, catching five passes for 174 yards and two touchdowns, including a career-long 75-yard touchdown reception from Brian Griese

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Tiki Barber
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Atiib Kiambu Hakeem-Ah Tiki Barber is a former American football running back who played for the New York Giants of the National Football League for ten seasons. He played college football for the University of Virginia, Barber was drafted by the Giants in the second round of the 1997 NFL Draft, and played his entire professional career for them. Barber retired from the NFL at the end of the 2006 NFL postseason as the Giants all-time rushing, on February 13,2007, he was formally introduced as a correspondent for NBCs The Today Show and Football Night in America/Sunday Night Football. Barber was also the host of NBCs pre-show for the 66th Golden Globe Awards with Brooke Burke, on September 18,2007, Barbers book, Tiki, My Life and the Game Beyond was published. The autobiography was co-written by Gil Reavill and his second book, Tiki Barbers Pure Hard Workout, which was released on November 13,2008, by Gotham Books, reveals Barbers intensive lifting program. The book is coauthored by his trainer, Joe Carini and he is the identical twin brother of former Tampa Bay Buccaneers cornerback Ronde Barber. Barber was inducted into the Virginia Sports Hall of Fame in 2011, originally he was considered a third-down, change of pace back, Barber became a standout starting running back and the all-time leader in rushing yards in New York Giants history. In 2005, he was the NFLs top yardage gainer from the line of scrimmage and he was voted by his peers to three Pro Bowls. From 2003-2006, Tiki Barber gained the most yards from scrimmage by any NFL running back in that 4-year period, Barber was drafted by the New York Giants in the 2nd round of the 1997 NFL Draft out of the University of Virginia. He was originally intended to be a running back until Rodney Hampton had disappointing years in 1996 and 1997. Hampton retired after the 1997 season, giving Barber the starting nod and he began his career with a mediocre rookie campaign in which he started at running back and ran for 511 yards and 3 touchdowns. He missed four games with an injury, but returned to the starting lineup for the final two games of the year. Tiki Barber and the Giants represented the NFC in Super Bowl XXXV in 2001, established as a starter and playmaker, Barber was rewarded with a six-year contract from the Giants following the 2000 season. Following the signing, he called himself the happiest man in New York right now, over the next four years Barber would become an integral part of the Giants offense. In the last regular game of 2002, Tiki exploded for 203 yards against the Philadelphia Eagles. His performance helped the Giants clinch a berth, but the team fell to the San Francisco 49ers in the wild-card round. He ended the season with 1,984 yards from scrimmage, the 2003 NFL season saw the Giants finish an abysmal 4-12. During the 2004 NFL season, Barber reached the endzone for a career-high 15 touchdowns and he also rushed for 1,518 yards and notched 578 receiving yards for 2,096 total yards from scrimmage

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Upper Saddle River, New Jersey
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Upper Saddle River is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. It is not to be confused with the borough of Saddle River. Upper Saddle River was settled in the 18th century principally by Dutch settlers who built mills along the Saddle River, the area was granted borough status in 1894 and remained principally rural until the 1950s. The suburban growth of New Jersey affected Upper Saddle River and surrounding municipalities, the population has remained fairly constant since 1970. Commerce and industry are concentrated along the western border along Route 17. Postal service is shared with the borough of Saddle River. The borough was formed during the Boroughitis phenomenon then sweeping through Bergen County, Upper Saddle Rivers referendum passed on November 20, one day after the referendum passed for Saddle River. According to the United States Census Bureau, the borough had an area of 5.281 square miles. The borough is bisected by the Saddle River, a tributary of the Passaic River, unincorporated communities, localities and place names located partially or completely within the township include Duffys Mills, Hoppers Mills and Posts Mills. Along with the borough of Saddle River, Upper Saddle River has traditionally ranked at. Recent development of housing and associated population expansion has shifted the boroughs standing slightly. As of the census of 2010, there were 8,208 people,2,639 households, the population density was 1,560.0 per square mile. There were 2,776 housing units at a density of 527.6 per square mile. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4. 33% of the population,10. 7% of all households were made up of individuals, and 5. 5% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.11 and the family size was 3.37. In the borough, the population was out with 30. 6% under the age of 18,5. 3% from 18 to 24,18. 0% from 25 to 44,32. 9% from 45 to 64. The median age was 42.9 years, for every 100 females there were 96.1 males. For every 100 females ages 18 and old there were 93.8 males, the Census Bureaus 2006-2010 American Community Survey showed that median household income was $175,399 and the median family income was $179,241

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National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum
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The National Jewish Sports Hall of Fame and Museum, in Commack, New York, is dedicated to honoring American Jewish figures who have distinguished themselves in sports. Its objective is to foster Jewish identity through athletics, and to commemorate sports heroes who have emerged from a people not commonly associated with sports and it has also inducted authors, broadcasters, columnists, and sportscasters. The first annual induction ceremony was held on March 21,1993, in 2011, football player Gabe Carimi was awarded the Marty Glickman Award. The George Young Award is given to the person, Jewish or non-Jewish and it has been awarded to Ernie Accorsi, Lou Carnesecca, Preston Robert Tisch, George Young and James Metzger. Among those serving on its Advisory Committee are Marty Appel, Len Berman, Howard David, Ernie Grunfeld and Paul Zimmerman